Amputations

Name: Amputations at Tenneco, Inc.
Start: 12/18/2023

1 amputation · 20231211480 · 12/18/2023 · Tenneco, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Stacking machinery
Secondary source: Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts

Employer

Name: Tenneco, Inc.
Location: 300 Wagner Drive, BOAZ, ALABAMA, 35957
NAICS: 336390
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A maintenance employee was conducting repairs on the conveyor belt of an automatic palletizer. The employee's shirt fell in front of a sensor causing the equipment to energize. The employee's right middle finger was caught by chains within the conveyor belt motor resulting in a partial amputation.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown